Hong Kong's Hang Seng Index lost 2.4% amid worries over a new strain of bird flu spreading in China, which weighed on Hong Kong-listed airline stocks.
The second area of strain is over the cost of the Afghan National Security Forces (ANSF) in the years to come.
Many short-term foreign loans have been rolled over, relieving the potential strain on those reserves.
Smith was later forced to leave the field with a back strain, handing over the wicket-keeping gloves to Dougie Lockhart.
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The news came as officials in the United States and Mexico, where the outbreak of the H1N1 virus started, were voicing hope that the worst of the new flu strain may be over.
Given bipartisan enthusiasm for more spending on education and the armed forces, that would seem a plausible solution, but one that will annoy Republican conservatives, involve haggling over other spending programmes, and strain the unity of the Republicans' six-seat majority in the House.
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The indignant man loomed over Hadley, his angular face hardened with strain.
The significant and continuous tension between self-interest and ideals has been a constant, predominant strain in American foreign policy for over 200 years.
It was the latest in a string of tit-for-tat murders over the past few months that have placed strain on a ceasefire deal signed in 2002.
"It seems that this year's flu vaccine is not nearly as effective as we would like among people over the age of 65 for one particular strain of flu, " Frieden said Thursday.
World Health Organization (WHO) officials have expressed concern over the clusters of cases of the new coronavirus strain and the potential for it to spread.
This season's flu shot seemed to do little to protect people over 65 from the worst and most dominant flu strain spreading around, a small government study found.
Meanwhile, the ten-year ceasefire in the war over the disputed enclave of Nagorno-Karabakh is under strain.
The number of wildfires being tackled over the last 10 days was said to have placed severe strain on the fire service.
Below that, though, the budget surplus diminishes, the conflict over the stabilization fund grows, and the potential for a budgetary strain and liquidity squeeze increases.
The new strain, called H1N1, emerged from pigs and jumped over to humans sometime in late 2008, and then swept through the human population starting in the spring of 2009.
Seven people have been infected by the 0157 strain of E. coli at Sutton Park in Sutton Coldfield over July and August.
While dual career marriages are very demanding and can strain a home, imagine not having enough money to keep a proper roof over your head.
But while US politicians were arguing over whether to inject more stimulus into the economy, the euro was creaking under the strain of forced austerity, and a new coalition government in the UK was promising to raise taxes and cut spending to get the economy under control - Thomas Herndon's homework assignment wasn't going well.
The response rate was low - just over 2, 000 took part - but the union said it still showed a service under strain.
The debate over the smallpox vaccine is further complicated by claims from the US that a vaccine against the Lister strain, such as the one ordered by the UK government, might not be the best option.
Furthermore, the settlement not only was the greatest 19th-century triumph of rational internationalism over short-sighted jingoism, but also marked the breakpoint between the previous 100 years of Anglo-American strain.
Over a period of about two weeks, and thousands and thousands of virus generations, she can produce a strain of virus evolved to do her bidding and then clone it.
Wearing a blue baseball cap and a green sweater over a shirt and blue jeans, he looked trim and fit, but his dark, angular face showed strain and despair and bitterness.
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